Hoa Nguyen
@peacehearty.bsky.social
Poet. Toronto Metropolitan University prof. Aquarius stellium navigating digital skies. Books: A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure (NBA Finalist!), Violet Energy Ingots, Red Juice: Poems 1998 - 2008.
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@peacehearty.bsky.social - Remembering the great Joanne Kyger on the anniversary of her birth - allenginsberg.org/2025/11/t-19....
Joanne Kyger - The Allen Ginsberg Project
We love and remember Joanne Kyger warmly and fondly – We draw your attention to this 2021 festschrift/gathering (a rich garland of appreciations) Joanne Kyger on the Allen Ginsberg Project – see here ...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
@peacehearty.bsky.social - Remembering the great Joanne Kyger on the anniversary of her birth - allenginsberg.org/2025/11/t-19....
Hoa Nguyen, Eileen Myles, and Renee Gladman Read
Readings
An evening of readings at Pomona College
Tuesday, Oct. 21 2025
4:30 PM
Pomona College, Crookshank Hall
Ena Thompson Room
140 W. 6th St.,
Claremont, CA
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Readings
An evening of readings at Pomona College
Tuesday, Oct. 21 2025
4:30 PM
Pomona College, Crookshank Hall
Ena Thompson Room
140 W. 6th St.,
Claremont, CA
www.hoa-nguyen.com/news/nguyen-...
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hoa Nguyen, Eileen Myles, and Renee Gladman Read
Readings
An evening of readings at Pomona College
Tuesday, Oct. 21 2025
4:30 PM
Pomona College, Crookshank Hall
Ena Thompson Room
140 W. 6th St.,
Claremont, CA
www.hoa-nguyen.com/news/nguyen-...
Readings
An evening of readings at Pomona College
Tuesday, Oct. 21 2025
4:30 PM
Pomona College, Crookshank Hall
Ena Thompson Room
140 W. 6th St.,
Claremont, CA
www.hoa-nguyen.com/news/nguyen-...
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What an astonishingly inspired trio. #WeReadTogether
@peacehearty.bsky.social #TrishSalah #JulieJoosten #attend
18 October 2pm Withrow Park (Logan at Danforth)
@peacehearty.bsky.social #TrishSalah #JulieJoosten #attend
18 October 2pm Withrow Park (Logan at Danforth)
October 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What an astonishingly inspired trio. #WeReadTogether
@peacehearty.bsky.social #TrishSalah #JulieJoosten #attend
18 October 2pm Withrow Park (Logan at Danforth)
@peacehearty.bsky.social #TrishSalah #JulieJoosten #attend
18 October 2pm Withrow Park (Logan at Danforth)
Two Nights. Two Experiences. Sept 12 & 13 at the Time Based Art Festival in Portland OR. #tba25
Hoa Nguyen Performs at PICA’s TBA in Dao Strom’s Tender Revolutions/Yellow Songs — Hoa Nguyen
Hoa Nguyen appears with Dao Strom, a Portland-based artist, poet, and musician, as Strom stages Tender Revolutions Yellow Songs, a multidisciplinary project and performance at the Portland Institu...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Two Nights. Two Experiences. Sept 12 & 13 at the Time Based Art Festival in Portland OR. #tba25
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New to ModPo—a discussion of M. NourbeSe Philip's "Discourse on the Logic of Language." This video was filmed at the Word Bookstore in Montreal and features Kate Colby, Laynie Browne, Sophia DuRose and Hoa Nguyen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsm9...
On M. NourbeSe Philip's "Discourse on the Logic of Language"
YouTube video by ModPo
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May 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New to ModPo—a discussion of M. NourbeSe Philip's "Discourse on the Logic of Language." This video was filmed at the Word Bookstore in Montreal and features Kate Colby, Laynie Browne, Sophia DuRose and Hoa Nguyen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsm9...
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Pulling this @knifeforkbook.bsky.social photo-history together, POETRY. WELL-SERVED: A Photo-History of knife | fork | book 2016-2021 with a forward by @peacehearty.bsky.social Sweetness itself. #4ertile #KFB2025-26 #season
Photo: CAConrad (April 2017) "She's Having a Doris Day" #launch #KFB
Photo: CAConrad (April 2017) "She's Having a Doris Day" #launch #KFB
May 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Pulling this @knifeforkbook.bsky.social photo-history together, POETRY. WELL-SERVED: A Photo-History of knife | fork | book 2016-2021 with a forward by @peacehearty.bsky.social Sweetness itself. #4ertile #KFB2025-26 #season
Photo: CAConrad (April 2017) "She's Having a Doris Day" #launch #KFB
Photo: CAConrad (April 2017) "She's Having a Doris Day" #launch #KFB
"Magnolias & lilies” “innocent now” “I’ve come home. Who’s there? / at home? all the dead?” “To come home from the war” “years after” “To die” “To // wear mantle light honey” “mantle dead white” “in sunlight, in late”/ “Homeric?” “he said it was hideous” “all of it” “hideous” ...
--Alice Notley
--Alice Notley
White Phosphorus
“Flowery mantle.” “Homeric sacrifice?” “noise of darkness” “fear of darkness” “now mantle of innocence” “King of his death now” “Home” “I’ve come home” “He said, ‘I’ve come home’” “They were sacrifice...
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May 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"Magnolias & lilies” “innocent now” “I’ve come home. Who’s there? / at home? all the dead?” “To come home from the war” “years after” “To die” “To // wear mantle light honey” “mantle dead white” “in sunlight, in late”/ “Homeric?” “he said it was hideous” “all of it” “hideous” ...
--Alice Notley
--Alice Notley
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Poem by Joanne Kyger 1996, Owl amulets given to me at different times by Joanne & Alice, image from Alice’s incredible reading in Toronto at @knifeforkbook.bsky.social the day before pandemic lockdowns, us before our reading in Durham NC where she laughed at the funny parts of my new poems ❤️
May 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Poem by Joanne Kyger 1996, Owl amulets given to me at different times by Joanne & Alice, image from Alice’s incredible reading in Toronto at @knifeforkbook.bsky.social the day before pandemic lockdowns, us before our reading in Durham NC where she laughed at the funny parts of my new poems ❤️
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May 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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I'm thrilled for Dale, the press. It’s an amazing story. A Canadian poet (born in Texas, immigrated here with his family to teach writing) Canadian designer, printed at Coach House. And is KFB the first (and only) Canadian poetry micro-press nominated?
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"I thought it was about the poetry."
"I was wrong." Kirby, on what we quibble over.
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May 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm thrilled for Dale, the press. It’s an amazing story. A Canadian poet (born in Texas, immigrated here with his family to teach writing) Canadian designer, printed at Coach House. And is KFB the first (and only) Canadian poetry micro-press nominated?
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Hoa Nguyen @peacehearty.bsky.social & I @itsakirby.bsky.social at The Scribe on the Danforth, a favourite local haunt #CanadianIndependentBookstoreDay
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April 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hoa Nguyen @peacehearty.bsky.social & I @itsakirby.bsky.social at The Scribe on the Danforth, a favourite local haunt #CanadianIndependentBookstoreDay
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Friday Links is UP! Featuring @peacehearty.bsky.social @bobsykora.bsky.social @yoadrianididit.bsky.social @sandrapoetry.bsky.social @hanvanderhart.bsky.social @thelincoln.bsky.social and MORE!
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Friday Links: Come Find Me In Los Angeles, Buying My Friends' Books Edition
"Look, Annie, look—there is no space for anything but dreaming." - Aimee Bender, "The Rememberer"
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March 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Longlisted for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize
DALE MARTIN SMITH
THE SIZE OF PARADISE
KFB
Find it here: @asterismbooks.bsky.social
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& our online shop: www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p188/D...
DALE MARTIN SMITH
THE SIZE OF PARADISE
KFB
Find it here: @asterismbooks.bsky.social
asterismbooks.com/product/the-...
& our online shop: www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p188/D...
March 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Longlisted for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize
DALE MARTIN SMITH
THE SIZE OF PARADISE
KFB
Find it here: @asterismbooks.bsky.social
asterismbooks.com/product/the-...
& our online shop: www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p188/D...
DALE MARTIN SMITH
THE SIZE OF PARADISE
KFB
Find it here: @asterismbooks.bsky.social
asterismbooks.com/product/the-...
& our online shop: www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p188/D...
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Huge congrats to Dale Martin Smith! Finalist, 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize. And congrats to Knife Fork Book!
#canlit #canpoetry
#canlit #canpoetry
"Smith has written a high-stakes recounting of time and experience expanding the world we live within and that lives within us. I love it." - PETER GIZZI, author of "Fierce Elegy"
DALE MARTIN SMITH
THE SIZE OF PARADISE
KFB @asterismbooks.bsky.social
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March 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Huge congrats to Dale Martin Smith! Finalist, 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize. And congrats to Knife Fork Book!
#canlit #canpoetry
#canlit #canpoetry
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in case you didn't catch, VERSeFest 2025 @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social includes TWO in-person poetry workshops, one w American poet Eileen Myles ($20) and another w Canadian poet Phil Hall (free!); pre-registration required, but spaces still available!
www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
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March 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
in case you didn't catch, VERSeFest 2025 @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social includes TWO in-person poetry workshops, one w American poet Eileen Myles ($20) and another w Canadian poet Phil Hall (free!); pre-registration required, but spaces still available!
www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
Two poems on Rejected Lit "she dips her red ear in and listens"
#toronto #sumac #redness
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#toronto #sumac #redness
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Hoa Nguyen — Rejected Lit Magazine
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March 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Two poems on Rejected Lit "she dips her red ear in and listens"
#toronto #sumac #redness
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#toronto #sumac #redness
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From Larry's partner, Lina:
"A truly unique soul, he was fully human—an authentic individual, steadfast in his love of poetry, and embodied art, music, culture, politics, religion."
Poets, writers, artists, friends, if you are able, please consider donating:
www.gofundme.com/f/larry-sawy...
"A truly unique soul, he was fully human—an authentic individual, steadfast in his love of poetry, and embodied art, music, culture, politics, religion."
Poets, writers, artists, friends, if you are able, please consider donating:
www.gofundme.com/f/larry-sawy...
Donate to Memorials for Poet Larry Sawyer, organized by Lina Ramona Vitkauskas
Friends, poets, loved ones:
On February 28, Larry Sawyer, a bold, bright s… Lina Ramona Vitkauskas needs your support for Memorials for Poet Larry Sawyer
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March 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
From Larry's partner, Lina:
"A truly unique soul, he was fully human—an authentic individual, steadfast in his love of poetry, and embodied art, music, culture, politics, religion."
Poets, writers, artists, friends, if you are able, please consider donating:
www.gofundme.com/f/larry-sawy...
"A truly unique soul, he was fully human—an authentic individual, steadfast in his love of poetry, and embodied art, music, culture, politics, religion."
Poets, writers, artists, friends, if you are able, please consider donating:
www.gofundme.com/f/larry-sawy...
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A kiss for David Johansen
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New York Dolls - Looking for a Kiss
YouTube video by strettonbull
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March 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A kiss for David Johansen
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NOW AVAILABLE! Ronald Johnson's ARK: "Of all the ambitious, syncretic, idiosyncratic, American modernist long poems (and we have had more than a few), ARK is the most spiritual, the most celebratory, and maybe the most fun."—Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker
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March 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NOW AVAILABLE! Ronald Johnson's ARK: "Of all the ambitious, syncretic, idiosyncratic, American modernist long poems (and we have had more than a few), ARK is the most spiritual, the most celebratory, and maybe the most fun."—Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker
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Rest in poetry, Pierre Joris ❤️
February 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Rest in poetry, Pierre Joris ❤️
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“There are so many roots to the tree of anger
that sometimes the branches shatter
before they bear.”
—Audre Lorde
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that sometimes the branches shatter
before they bear.”
—Audre Lorde
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Who Said It Was Simple
There are so many roots to the tree of anger that sometimes the branches shatter before they bear. Sitting in Nedicks the women rally before they march discussing the problematic girls th...
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February 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“There are so many roots to the tree of anger
that sometimes the branches shatter
before they bear.”
—Audre Lorde
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42587/...
that sometimes the branches shatter
before they bear.”
—Audre Lorde
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42587/...
Tomorrow for the the New Writing Series at the University of San Diego, Hoa Nguyen and Corina Copp read.
Wednesday February 19, 2025
Geisel Library, Seuss Room
5:00 - 6:30pm
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Wednesday February 19, 2025
Geisel Library, Seuss Room
5:00 - 6:30pm
library.ucsd.edu/news-events/...
February 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Tomorrow for the the New Writing Series at the University of San Diego, Hoa Nguyen and Corina Copp read.
Wednesday February 19, 2025
Geisel Library, Seuss Room
5:00 - 6:30pm
library.ucsd.edu/news-events/...
Wednesday February 19, 2025
Geisel Library, Seuss Room
5:00 - 6:30pm
library.ucsd.edu/news-events/...
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#Librarians are superheroes!
Thank you, Ontario Library Association. I so enjoyed meeting folks.
Thank you @palimpsestpress.bsky.social,
@ontarioarts.bsky.social,
& the friendly crew at #CBCBooks.
Happy happy day.
#ggbooks #ggbooks2024 #canlit #canpoetry #booksky #precedentedparroting
Thank you, Ontario Library Association. I so enjoyed meeting folks.
Thank you @palimpsestpress.bsky.social,
@ontarioarts.bsky.social,
& the friendly crew at #CBCBooks.
Happy happy day.
#ggbooks #ggbooks2024 #canlit #canpoetry #booksky #precedentedparroting
January 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
#Librarians are superheroes!
Thank you, Ontario Library Association. I so enjoyed meeting folks.
Thank you @palimpsestpress.bsky.social,
@ontarioarts.bsky.social,
& the friendly crew at #CBCBooks.
Happy happy day.
#ggbooks #ggbooks2024 #canlit #canpoetry #booksky #precedentedparroting
Thank you, Ontario Library Association. I so enjoyed meeting folks.
Thank you @palimpsestpress.bsky.social,
@ontarioarts.bsky.social,
& the friendly crew at #CBCBooks.
Happy happy day.
#ggbooks #ggbooks2024 #canlit #canpoetry #booksky #precedentedparroting